On Jan 7, 2011, at 1:48 PM, Nathan Nobbe wrote: > shrug, you must not be too familiar with php then. 9 times out of 10 it's the natural, perfect choice for a cli program. there are situations where you get past what php is ideal for on the cli, typically when you get into heavy forking or require threading. > > It does completely depend on your mastery of the language. If you're very good with PHP and you don't often do non-web things it might not make sense to learn another language as well. > > why bother learning 2 languages when 1 will suit most needs perfectly? for most folks who work with the web and a typical deployment environment like a linux server, the second language of choice most likely would be a client side one like javascript. > > -nathan You can't say that PHP is a more natural CLI choice then bash or Python. Maybe I'm using PHP too much for web development. Perhaps I am unfamiliar with it. Why bother learning other languages? Is this a joke? Why should someone stop learning ever? Having a mastery of multiple languages can only enhance you. Regards, -Josh ____________________________________ Joshua Kehn | Josh.Kehn@xxxxxxxxx http://joshuakehn.com
